Japan launches mission to Venus
Akatsuki craft set to measure the climate on our near-neighbour
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Melting ice amplifies Arctic warming
Re-analysis links disappearing sea ice with strong Arctic temperature rise
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Volcanic hazards could become fiercer and more frequent
Melting ice could increase volcanic activity in the 21st century, warn geologists
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Dwarf planets are not space potatoes
A lower limit on the size of dwarf planets
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Physicists find a particle accelerator in the sky
Radio waves suggest lightning 'sprites' create powerful electron beams
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Obama sets out Mars mission
US president calls for NASA to send a manned mission to orbit the red planet
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Astronomers develop new planet-hunting tool
Novel technique could let smaller telescopes find extrasolar planets
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Physics at the end of the Earth
Margaret Harris goes on the ultimate physics-adventure
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Science in the Muslim world
Jim Al-Khalili examines the prospects for an Islamic scientific renaissance
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Earth’s magnetic field older than we thought
But it offered little defence against a young, aggressive Sun
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